7.1310, Qs: Word Order, Carib Creole, Machine translation

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1310. Fri Sep 20 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  114
 
Subject: 7.1310, Qs: Word Order, Carib Creole, Machine translation
 
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Date:  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:38:45 -0000
From:  delacy at host02.net.voyager.co.nz ("Paul de Lacy")
Subject:  Q: Word Order
 
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Date:  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 14:25:02 CDT
From:  haag at monk.nhn.ou.edu (Marcia Haag)
Subject:  Carib Creole
 
3)
Date:  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:04:51 EDT
From:  ruhiya at mplus.fr (Bart Hoen)
Subject:  Machine translation
 
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Date:  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:38:45 -0000
From:  delacy at host02.net.voyager.co.nz ("Paul de Lacy")
Subject:  Q: Word Order
 
Greetings!
 
This is a query regarding the order of predicate head with respect to
arguments in SOV languages.  The query relates to ditransitive
predicates such as 'give' and 'put'.
 
(1) Which languages always have the order:
 
        Subject  Direct-Object  Indirect-Object  Verb.
 
(2) Which languages always have the order:
 
        Subject  Direct-Object  Verb  Indirect Object.
 
(3) Are there any languages that optionally or predictably vary
between these two orders?
 
Thanks.
 
Paul de Lacy.
University of Auckland.
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Date:  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 14:25:02 CDT
From:  haag at monk.nhn.ou.edu (Marcia Haag)
Subject:  Carib Creole
 
For a student planning to study the Caribs of Dominica:
 
Does anyone know the name of the French-based creole spoken by the
present-day Carib people of Dominica?
 
Has anyone worked on this language?  Are there any papers, grammars,
or dictionaries concerning it?
 
many thanks,
Marcia Haag
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Date:  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:04:51 EDT
From:  ruhiya at mplus.fr (Bart Hoen)
Subject:  Machine translation
 
Dear Sirs,
 
  I work as a translator in South America. I am quite interested (as a
user) in machine translation.
 
	I have only recently started using Globalink Power Translator
for English to French and vice versa.  If anyone has any tips on better
programs or techniques on using it or other translation programs, please
E-mail me.
 
	I would also be interested in knowing of any terminology data
banks between French and the following languages: English, Dutch and
Portuguese (preferably Brazilian).
 
Thank you,
 
Bart
 
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